diff --git a/traefik/templates/ingressclass.yaml b/traefik/templates/ingressclass.yaml
index 6a8ff8199..db881878b 100644
--- a/traefik/templates/ingressclass.yaml
+++ b/traefik/templates/ingressclass.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "traefik.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
   name: {{ .Values.ingressClass.name | default (include "traefik.fullname" .) }}
 spec:
-  controller: traefik.io/ingress-controller
+  controller: {{ .Values.ingressClass.controller }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/traefik/tests/ingressclass-config_test.yaml b/traefik/tests/ingressclass-config_test.yaml
index 804fbe5ef..3343f9f91 100644
--- a/traefik/tests/ingressclass-config_test.yaml
+++ b/traefik/tests/ingressclass-config_test.yaml
@@ -42,3 +42,24 @@ tests:
       - equal:
           path: metadata.name
           value: nondefaultname
+  - it: should use default controller value
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - isAPIVersion:
+          of: networking.k8s.io/v1
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.controller
+          value: traefik.io/ingress-controller
+  - it: should be possible to provide a custom controller value
+    set:
+      ingressClass:
+        controller: traefik.io/ingress-controller-internal
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: IngressClass
+      - isAPIVersion:
+          of: networking.k8s.io/v1
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.controller
+          value: traefik.io/ingress-controller-internal
diff --git a/traefik/values.schema.json b/traefik/values.schema.json
index 8be7c4e42..ad326a62a 100644
--- a/traefik/values.schema.json
+++ b/traefik/values.schema.json
@@ -1501,6 +1501,11 @@
                 },
                 "name": {
                     "type": "string"
+                },
+                "controller": {
+                    "description": "The controller value for the IngressClass. This allows running multiple Traefik instances with different IngressClasses.",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "traefik.io/ingress-controller"
                 }
             },
             "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/traefik/values.yaml b/traefik/values.yaml
index 54a55ebbf..c04b6c704 100644
--- a/traefik/values.yaml
+++ b/traefik/values.yaml
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ ingressClass:  # @schema additionalProperties: false
   enabled: true
   isDefaultClass: true
   name: ""
+  # -- The controller value for the IngressClass. This allows running multiple Traefik instances with different IngressClasses.
+  # @default -- `traefik.io/ingress-controller`
+  controller: traefik.io/ingress-controller
 
 core:  # @schema additionalProperties: false
   # -- Can be used to use globally v2 router syntax. Deprecated since v3.4 /!\.